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WRIGHT, Simeon (b. 1751 d. 1847 Ohio) rejected pension application 1834
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RFLA.SWAN.DOC.2026.04823
Item Name
WRIGHT, Simeon (b. 1751 d. 1847 Ohio) rejected pension application 1834
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{"page_1": " SIMEON WRIGHT\nRejected Pension\nR11905\nSimeon Wright a resident\nmade application for a pension for his services in the\nRevolutionary War.\n2. He made statement that when he was first called into service he lived in Rutland, Vt. and had continued to\nreside there until the last\nseven or eight years during\nwhich time he has resided in the aforementioned Pittsford.\n3. He stated that he never was drafted into the service never went as a substitute and always went as a volunteer.\n4. He stated that he served as a minute man at various and sundry times\nunder Captains Munson, Peleg Sunderland,\nThomas Lee and SIMEON WRIGHT, his father.\nHe also\nserved under Colonels Ethan Allen, Seth Warren, James Mead and James Cleghorn and was at the battles of Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Bennington.\n5. He also stated that a short time previous to the Battle of Bennington he was in the town of LEE,\nMass. to which\nplace he had brought his family for safety after the surrender of Ticonderoga.\nHe was called upon by a\nCapt. Munson of Massachusetts and went with him to\nBennington and arrived just as Major Skeen of the British party was coming up with reinforcements.\nThey joiñed Warner's Regiment under Tajor Wait Hopkins and soon put the enemy to flight. After the battle he returned to Lee with Capt. Munson\n6. States he was a Sargeant in the Company commanded by Capt. Simeon Wright of Rutland ( his father.)\nOn the loth of September 1835 we learn from Jesse Gove\nthe agent\nacting for\nMr. Wright for his pension, that he\nhad migrated to Ohio.\nOn Feb. 3, 1837 Walter Thrall acted as his agent in\nregard to his pension.\nIt appears that it was rejected\nbecause he did not actually have six months service as required by lay. "}
Created At
2026-07-15 20:51:22
Tag Category + Tag
people-ethan-allen, people-seth-warner, veterans-pensions
Tag Categories
people, veterans
Tags
ethan-allen, pensions, seth-warner
Tag Texts
People: Ethan Allen | People: Seth Warner | Veterans: Pensions
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